+1 as TLP. Wasn't that the initial intention? :) Aliaksandr
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]>wrote: > As your mentor, I'd say that a TLP is the only sensible target. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Alex Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 To Go To Apache top level > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jörn Kottmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> the Incubator is not a place where we can stay forever and the time > >> has come to decide where we will go. > >> > >> We did now two releases, where the first one was mainly about > >> migrating from SourceForge and the second one was developed following > >> the Apache-way with over 100 jira issues fixed, often with help from > >> our community. > >> > >> The move to Apache was a great step forward. We grew our community > >> and made the project more attractive to other open source projects. > >> > >> Theoretically we have three ways we can take, graduate to a Top Level > >> Project, > >> graduate to a Subproject or leave Apache. > >> > >> Making OpenNLP a Top Level Project seems as the best option for us. > >> > >> We have an open and diverse community, and I believe OpenNLP will have > long > >> term success at Apache. Many things tremendously improved over the > >> SourceForge > >> days and we are now able to work on the project as a community, which is > >> really > >> a distinction from most other open source NLP projects. > >> > >> OpenNLP sees good adaption/integration by other Apache projects, such as > >> Stanbol, UIMA, > >> Lucene/Solr (via UIMA and direct integration is planned) and Clerezza. > All > >> these collaborations > >> are a good advertisement for us and will attract more users over time. > >> > >> At Apache we will have a bright future and will be able to make one of > the > >> best open source NLP toolkits. > >> > >> Please express your opinion about graduating OpenNLP. > >> > >> Jörn > >> > > >
